22.01.2015
Annual awards of Odbrana Media Center
On the occasion of the Day of the Institution, Jaunary 24, Media Center Odbrana has traditionally awarded the Journalism Reward Ivan Markovic and chosen the best sports team of the Armed Forces of Serbia in 2014. After the review and evaluation of submitted works, the jury for awarding the Journalism Award Ivan Markovic decided by the majority of votes that the award for reporting on activities of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Serbia in 2014 be awarded to Marko Petkovic, journalist of Tanjug Press Agency, for his reportage “In army boots for up to 12 hours”.
The report states that Marko Petrovic’s work is characterized by remarkable perception of all key elements of preparation of the Military Parade. It was written in journalist reporting style, without pathetic tone and surplus words, as any top quality agency report. The reportage was excellently illustrated with photo and video material of Tanjug agency, and, as the jury was informed, this is the text that was most frequently quoted when it comes to informing about the preparations for the event. The text, photographs and the video were also used by most read SErbian portals. The jury unanimously decided that the Special acknowledgement was to be awarded to Djurdjica Dragas Vukovljak and the journalist team of the First Program of Radio Belgrade that had realized the live streaming of the Military Parade March of the Victorious.
The hour-and-a-half reportage on the Military Parade on Radio Belgrade was characterized by flaweless and trained team work between editors and journalists at the studio and in field, and in the jury’s opinion, work of Djurdjica Dragas Vukovljak particularly stood out. The team managed to make an equally interesting reportage from the scene of the event, abiding by the slogan “Sound is worth a thousand images” and the commentaries of the experts in the studio.
Jury members were Dragana Markovic and Snezana Djokic from Media Center Odbrana, Lieutenant Colonel Mihailo Zogovic and Helena Milosevic from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Defence, and Nino Brajovic, the chairman of the jury and the General Secretary of UNS.
Captain Blazo Maksimovic, member of the 204th Air Force and Air Defence Brigade was chosen as the most successful sportsman of the Armed Forces of Serbia in 2014.
This decision was justified by the fact that, last year, Captain Maksimovic achieved significant results – 1st place in the race for the World Chart on Kopaonik, 1st place in in the race for the World Chart in Nestin, 3rd place in the race for the World Chart in Osijek. He also won the gold at the Serbian Championship in combinations, long distances, sprint, and middle distances, and he entered the finale of the World Championship in orienteering in middle and long distances. He is a ranged sportsman of the national class for 2013 and the contestant with the most trophies in the history of Serbian orienteering.
The award for the best sports team was awarded to the Parachuting team of the Armed Forces of Serbia “Sky Otters”, which had won first place in 2014 at the State Championship in classic parachuting jumps in Accuracy landing disciplines and the first place in the general placing. Members of the Sky Otters are members of the National Team of the Republic of serbia in classic parachuting disciplines and the CISM team.
The aforementioned sports acknowledgements were awarded by the jury consisting of – Brigadier General Sinisa Radovic, Chief of Delegation at CISM, the chairman, and members Colonel Sladjan Ristic from the Department for Tradition, Standard and Veterans of the Ministry of Defence, Colonel BoskoZoric from the Department for Training and Doctrines of the General Staff, Captain Blazo Maksimovic, member of the 204th Air Force and Air Defence Brigade – the best sportsman in 2013, Dragan Sesum from the Sport Association of Serbia and Captain Aleksandar Petrovic, representative of the Media Center Odbrana.
The awards will be presented to the winners during the ceremony on the occasion of the Day of Media Center Odbrana, on January 23, at 11.00 at the Central Military Club of Serbia in Belgrade.
